Plac"id (?), a. [L. placidus, originally, pleasing, mild, from placere to please: cf. F. placide. See Please.]

Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle.

"That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy."

Macaulay.

 

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